Aberdeen City Council

17005 CITY COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS City Council Chambers, 123 South Lincoln Street, Municipal Building, Aberdeen, South Dakota, September 5, 2017, at 5:30 p.m., regular meeting of the Board of City Council Members, Mayor Mike Levsen presiding. Present at roll call were City Councilors David Bunsness, Alan Johnson, Dave Lunzman, Dennis “Mike” Olson, Mark Remily, Rob Ronayne, Clint Rux, and Jennifer Slaight-Hansen. City Staff present were Lynn Lander, Robin Bobzien, Brett Bill, Karl Alberts, and Cody Roggatz. Mayor Levsen led the Pledge of Allegiance. MINUTES Rux moved, Slaight-Hansen seconded to approve the minutes of August 28 and 29, 2017, as circulated. All voting aye, motion carried. OPEN FORUM – No one was present. OLD BUSINESS ORDINANCE NO. 17-08-04 Bunsness moved, Ronayne seconded to approve second reading and final adoption of Ordinance No. 17-08-04 authorizing the issuance and sale of bonds for Tax Increment Financing District No. 27 with a maximum allowable issuance amount of $1,440,000. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried. CONSENT CALENDAR Remily moved, Olson seconded to approve the following items on the consent calendar: COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT – for WalMart’s Children’s Miracle Network 5K Run on September 23, 2017 COMMUNITY EVENT PERMIT – for Total Package Medspa’s First Anniversary Party on September 14, 2017 at 1409 – 6th Avenue, SE #5 and Parking Lot. REQUEST FOR STREET USE – South 3rd Street from 13th Avenue to 12th Avenue for Simmons Middle School Homecoming on September 29, 2017 LOTTERY NOTICE – Roncalli School Carnival on January 28, 2018 sponsored by Roncalli Parent-Teacher Organization (PTO) – receive and place on file. All voting aye, motion carried. NEW BUSINESS ORDINANCE NO. 17-09-01 Ordinance No. 17-09-01, the 2018 City Budget Ordinance providing for the funding of projects and services for 2018, was presented. Rux moved, Bunsness seconded to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 17-09-01. Bunsness moved, Ronayne seconded an amendment to use the method with zeroes in the median calculations for the allocations of Promotion Funds. All voting aye, motion carried. Bunsness moved, Rux seconded an amendment to bring the Aberdeen Downtown Association funds to $100,000 and the Aberdeen Chamber of Commerce Marketing funds to $110,000. Upon roll call, Rux, Olson, Bunsness, Johnson, Ronayne, and Mayor Levsen voting aye, Slaight-Hansen, Lunzman, and Remily voting nay, motion carried. Bunsness moved, Ronayne seconded an amendment to bring Aberdeen Development Corporation funds to $100,000 as the last year of the Council commitment. Motion carried by voice vote. Bunsness made a motion for an amendment to bring the United Way funds to $17,500. Motion died for lack of second. On the original motion to approve first reading of the Budget Ordinance No. 17-09-01, Rux moved, Bunsness seconded to approve the first reading of Ordinance No. 17-09-01 as amended. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried. HEARINGS ON ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE LICENSES This being the time and place set for a hearing on applications for Special Liquor  17006 Licenses with Community Event Permit requests on September 12, 2017 and October 7, 2017 for Aberdeen Downtown Association’s Wine/Beer Walk and Aberdeen Oktoberfest Events, recommendations to approve were received, Remily moved, Slaight-Hansen seconded to approve the Special Liquor Licenses and Community Event Permits for Aberdeen Downtown Association’s Wine/Beer Walk on September 12th on South Main Street and the Aberdeen Oktoberfest on October 7th at the Civic Arena. All voting aye, motion carried. This being the time and place set for a hearing on an application for the transfer of a Retail On-Sale Liquor License for Veterans of Foreign Wars at 821 Circle Drive (Inactive Status) to 802 South Main Street (Active Status), recommendations to approve contingent upon a location inspection were received, Olson moved, Remily seconded to approve the transfer of the Retail On-Sale Liquor License for Veterans of Foreign Wars at 821 Circle Drive to 802 South Main Street contingent upon a location inspection by the Health Department. All voting aye, motion carried. GIFT AGREEMENT WITH NAMING RIGHT TO LIBRARY Rux moved, Johnson seconded to approve of a gift agreement between the City of Aberdeen, the Alexander Mitchell Library Foundation, and Karl O. Lee and authorize the Mayor or City Manager to execute the agreement. All voting aye, motion carried. BILLS Bunsness moved, Remily seconded to approve the following audited bills for services, supplies, repairs, and maintenance: Northwestern Energy 9,416.94; Library Furniture International 2,160.00; Wellmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield 40,000.00; MetLife 567.02; AT & T 1,021.62; NVC 29.14; J & K Mowing Service 760.49; United Parcel Service 34.31; Matheson Tri-Gas Inc. 30.49; Keith Sharisky 207.00; Michael Roemmich 207.00; Marco Technologies LLC 60.26. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried. PAYROLL Johnson moved, Rux seconded to approve the payroll for the period from August 20, 2017 through September 2, 2017 and city share of social security, old age & survivor’s insurance, retirement, health and life insurance: Wells Fargo 129,773.48; SD Retirement 68,736.51; Governing Body 3,192.28; City Manager 7,726.71; City Attorney 6,434.51; Finance 13,339.15; HR 8,305.60; Building 224.88; Computer 4,481.29; Planning/Zoning 13,932.95; Engineering 12,125.81; Police 107,289.16, Brady Berg 25.82 hr, Ethan Traster 21.72 hr; Fire 94,926.38, Nicholas Tieszen 15.90 hr; Fire Prevention 4,924.80; Housing/Building 6,174.55; Street 28,241.33; Traffic 5,076.19; Solid Waste 18,891.35; Transportation/Ride Line 16,484.57, Charles Anglin 11.00 hr, Library 21,842.40; Parks, Rec & Forestry 117,207.95, Anthony Cooper 11.75 hr, Courtnie Gergen 9.00 hr, Anita Jung 10.00 hr, Kraig Nelson 10.00 hr, Madeline Orr 9.00 hr, Lucas Osowski 10.50 hr or 11.50 hr, Dawn Sahli 10.00 hr or 16.50 class; Airport 13,888.09; Pipe 19,242.74; Water Treatment 18,136.33; Meter 2,769.38; Water Reclamation 19,537.50; Pump 8,127.01; Old Federal Crths Bldg 1,619.60. Upon roll call, all voting aye, motion carried. CITY MANAGER’S REPORT Lynn Lander mentioned that the Park & Recreation Board will be considering an agreement with CH Baseball, LLC and Expedition League, Inc. for use of Fossum Field for their baseball games and that the WalMart Store received a bomb threat. There being no further business, Bunsness moved, Remily seconded that the meeting be adjourned. All present voting aye, motion carried. Prepared by Mary Campton for the Finance Office. /s/ Karl Alberts, Finance Officer.